The Coastal Information System CIS is a hydrodynamic atlas for the Arabian
Gulf. It contains of wave data, tidal data and Wind data.

Wave Data
The wave data was hindcasted using wind data obtained from the European Center for Medium Range Weather ECMWF.
The KISR WAM model was used for that purpose. The data covers the years 1993 till 2009 and is available
on a 0.1 degree grid for the Arabian Gulf as shown in Fig. 1. The data includes the significant wave height,
the mean wave period for the wave spectra and the mean wave direction.

The data includes the significant wave height, the mean wave period for the
wave spectra and the mean wave direction.

For wave data the following can be provided:

Time series of wave height, period, and direction at any location.

Wave rose as a plot and table at any location (monthly or yearly).

Two dimensional wave data at a certain instant.

Long term analysis of the wave data (100 year wave).

Grid used for the Arabian Gulf WAM model.

Hydrodynamic data
The tidal hydrodynamic data was generated using a tidal finite element hydrodynamic model for
the Arabian Gulf. The model boundary was applied at the Striate of Hormoz. The data
includes the tidal current and the water level over a non-uniform grid for the Arabian Gulf and the
Kuwaiti territorial waters.

The hydrodynamic data can be provided for:

Time series of tidal water levels or currents at any location.

Two dimensional hydrodynamic data at a certain instant.

Tidal constituents at any location.

RMA Grid Covering the Arabian Gulf.

RMA Grid for the Northern Part of the Arabian Gulf

The Coastal Information System Database (C.I.S.) has been update
with new parameters that cover all Arabian Gulf waters for the following

MetOcean Parameters

Sea water Temperature

Air Temperature

Evaporation Processes

Sea Parameters

Gravity Wave Dissipation

Northward Gravity Wave Surface stress

Mean Sea Level Pressure

Boundary Layer Heights

Data Limit Description

Area covered from Strait of Hormuz to north Arabian Gulf stored in 2D

Grids resolution 0.1 longitude/Latitude

Time cover from Jan 1, 1979 To Dec 31, 2016

Hourly stored

Data can be extracted for 1D/2D

A New Digitial Bathymtery and Topography Elevation (DEM)DataBase for Arabian Gulf Water and Kuwait

New Satellite images were processed to obtain a new set of satellite-derived bathymetry and land elevation.
The data were from local digitized navigational charts and free data available from different sources.
Both data were used to create seamless elevation and bathymetry map of Arabian Gulf region and part
of the Indian Ocean / Arabian Sea.

The new data was created after interpolating (preserving original data values), resampling, clipping and
other post processing of six original data as shown below.

Satellite Derived Bathymetry for shallow water South of Kuwait Bay, 10m grid

CM93 chart data (contour lines and points in various resolution)

GEBCO bathymetry, 30 sec grid

Stereo Surface Model for Kuwait coastal area, 5m grid

SRTM surface elevation data, 90m grid

Coastline from spring 2016 (based on 10m satellite data)

A new Inerface was developed to Extract 1D/2D bathyemtry and topography data
for Arabian Gulf and Kuwait water [ KGMap interface ] for Grid Size setup:

Region 1 grid Size 1215m cover Arabian Gulf water and Gulf of Oman.

Region 2 Grid size 405m cover Arabian Gulf Waters

Region 3 Grid size 135m cover GCC Contury terrtorial waters

Region 4 Grid size 45m Kuwait waters

Region 5 Grid size 15m Kuwait waters

Region 6 Grid size 5m Kuwait waters

Multiple grids system for Arabian Gulf and Gulf Of Oman.

Four other grids were setup for the Kuwaiti territorial waters that can be used to provide more detailed data
at different locations in Kuwait.

Data Request Cost
The cost of the data explained above is as provided in the table below

Cost of Numerical Data Table

Data

Cost (K.D.) per Location

Description

Hourly time series for wind data and Wind rose at a single location

50/year or 200/five years

Includes Wind Ux and Vy at 10m above Sea surface cover all Arabian Gulf from 1993 to 2009.

Extreme wave conditions (50 and 100 years)

100

Based on 17 years of data.

Extreme wind conditions (50 and 100 year)

100

Based on 17 years of data.

Hourly time series for wave data and Wave rose at a single location

50/year or 200/five years

Includes wave height, period and direction for 17 years (1993-2009), Cover
all Arabian Gulf.

Hourly time series for hydrodynamic data.

50/year

Includes velocity magnitude and direction and water level.

Hourly water level data.

50/year

Form 1970 till 2037.

Tidal constituents 100

100

Amplitude and phase for 22 constituents.

Measured Data
For measured wave hourly time series (wave height, period and direction) the cost is
200K.D. per year.

The data can be purchased from KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
To obtain the above data please provide details of your request then submit to the following Emails: